AN: If you didn't notice from last chapter that Phil had his team, the main changes I made is switching Grant Ward for Clint and Natasha. Honestly, I am not sure what to do with Grant in this story, he may come later in the story but I can make no promises. If people want to bring him into the story, I might bring him in sooner, is is only if I could find a place for him in the story. The rest of the time is the same just added Natasha and Clint. They all become close to her in the summer if they hadn't meet her before Christmas. Skye, Fitz and Simmons will be like Jennifer's siblings. Of course Clint and Natasha are basically her aunt and uncle and Melinda takes the mother figure if none of you have noticed this by now. Jennifer is the only one that can get away with calling Melinda, the cavalry.
When Cooper and Jennifer went into the bus the next morning that the bus took off, Jennifer and Cooper made their way towards their bedrooms. Their bedrooms were right next to each other, on Jennifer's other side was her father's bedroom and the same went for Cooper. Natasha's room was next to Clint's bedroom or the side that Cooper wasn't on, once inside their bedrooms that Jennifer put the trunk at the end of her bed and put some of her things away. After doing that, that Jennifer and Cooper decided to explore the plane some more, so they quickly left their rooms to explore more. During the following weeks that they had some missions to do and they would use the bus to get there. They had done a 8-0-4 as well as a couple of other things. Thankfully the American ministry allowed Jennifer and her father to tell the team more about the wizarding world or at least the ones that were not aware about it already of which was mostly Fitz, Simmons and Skye.
Skye asked a bunch of question as well as the other two about the wizarding world, Jennifer and Cooper filled them in as much as they could. Jennifer even showed them some of their books and other things from the wizarding world, it wasn't much of a surprise that Fitz and Simmons wanted to test the items. With some of the things Jennifer and Cooper let them since they could get another set of the items with ease. Though some of them that Jennifer and Coper wouldn't let them test like their wands for example. That was one of the things that Fitz and Simmons when they were not doing any missions and if Cooper and Jennifer let them to test some of the things from the wizarding world. One of the missions that they went on as an 8-4-0, as soon as that last mission ended that Jennifer was glad to get back on the bus. It was almost eleven when Jennifer, Cooper, their fathers and the rest of the tema made it back to the bus. Of course Jennifer's and Cooper's fare told them to go to bed since it was rather late for them being up. Cooper went to his room of which was right next to Jennifer's bedroom while Jennifer went to hers.
When Jennifer opened the door to her room on the bus that Jennifer stopped in her tracks and almost cried out in surprise. For there was something or someone already on her bed looking right at her, Jennifer was surprised that she didn't cry out and kicked the thing in the face but she managed to withhold that as she looked at the thing. It was a creature of some kind, one that she never seen before and she was pretty sure at it was not an alien or even related to aliens. The creature has large bat like ears along with bulging green eyes that were the size of tennis balls, and it was wearing an old pillowcase with rips made for arms and legs. The creature slipped off her bed and bowed so low that the end of it's long thin nose touched the floor. Jennifer wasn't sure of what to say or do, she thought of calling for her father but decided against it. Jennifer closed the door before looking at the creature that was looking up at her with it's huge eyes.
"Er - hello."
"Jennifer Coulson! So long has Dobby wanted to meet you, ma'am ... Such an honor it is . . . ." Dobby's voice was so high pitched that Jennifer thought for sure that someone might hear him.
"Th-thank you." Jennifer edged along the wall till she reached the only chair at the desk and sat down. Snowflake, her cat, was lying on the desk and she was watching the two of them. Jennifer thought of asking he creature of what it was by she wasn't sure if that was a good idea, for she has been trying to think of what her father told her of the wizarding world and it's creatures. At the moment she was drawing a blank on is creature, whatever it was, assuming that this creature was part of the wizarding world. "Who are you?"
"Dobby, ma'am. Just Dobby. Dobby the house-elf."
"Oh - really? Is there any particular reason you're here?"
"Oh, yes, sir. Dobby has come to tell you, ma'am ... it is difficult, ma'am ... Dobby wonders where to begin . . . ."
"Why don't you sit down." Jennifer pointed to the bed that she hadn't bother to sat on her. To her horror and utter surprise that the house elf burst into tears and started to wail, Jennifer panicked hoping that no one could hear Dobby.
"S-sit down! Never ... never ever. . . "
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you or anything -"
"Offend Dobby! Dobby has never been asked to sit down by a wizard or witch - like an equal-" Jennifer tried to quiet Dobby as she ushered Dobby to the bed of where he started to hiccoughing. When Dobby managed to control himself that he fixed his great big eyes on Jennifer on an expression of watery adoration of which made her feel uneasy. It was more uneasy than the rumors that followed her around all school year, even more than the fact she hadn't any letters from her friends at school, not counting Cooper. However, Cooper and Jennifer told their friends it would be hard to send letters to them the day the students left Hogwarts since hey would be in the bus moving around.
"You can't have met many decent wizards or witches for that matter." Dobby shook his head, without warning that he got up and started banging his head furiously against one of the legs of her desk and started to yell.
"Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!"
"Don't - what are you doing?" Jennifer hissed at Dobby before she sprang up from the bed before she pulled Dobby back onto the bed. Snowflake hissed and got up from where she was lying and backed away from Dobby with her hairs in end as well as her tail up in the air with her claws out. Dobby was slightly crossed eyes.
"Dobby had to punish himself, ma'am. Dobby almost spoke ill of his family, Ma'am . . . ." Jennifer wondered who was his family that he serves.
"Your family?"
"The wizard family Dobby serves, sir... Dobby is a houseelf - bound to serve one house and one family forever . ..." Jennifer wondered if the family has to be old wizarding family, she wondered if her mother's family has some. For her father told her that her mother's family was an old wizarding family.
"Do they know you're here?" Dobby shuddered.
"Oh, no, ma'am, no ... Dobby will have to punish himself most grievously for coming to see you, ma'am. Dobby will have to shut his ears in the oven door for this. If they ever knew, ma'am _"
"But won't they notice if you shut your ears in the oven door?"
"Dobby doubts it, ma'am. Dobby is always having to punish himself for something, ma'am. They lets Dobby get on with it, ma'am. Sometimes they reminds me to do extra punishments ..."
"But why don't you leave? Escape?"
"A house-elf must be set free, ma'am. And the family will never set Dobby free ... Dobby will serve the family until he dies, ma'am . . . ." Jennifer stared at Dobby in surprise.
"Can't anyone help you? Can't I?" Jennifer wished she hadn't said that for Dobby dissolved again into wails but it was gratitude this time. "Please, please be quiet. Or you will put this plane on alert." The last thing she needed was the others to know about this at the moment, she was unsure of what to tell her father about this visit so far.
"Jennifer Coulson asks if he can help Dobby ... Dobby has heard of your greatness, ma'am, but of your goodness, Dobby never knew . ..." Honestly, Jennifer couldn't understand of why she was so great, yes she gets and understands the fact that she defeated Voldemort but she was a baby when it happens. It was by her training and her mother's protection that made it possible for her to defeat Voldemort a few weeks ago
"Whatever you've heard about my greatness is a load of rubbish. I'm not even top of my year at Hogwarts; that's Hermione."
"Jennifer Coulson is humble and modest, Jennifer Coulson speaks not of her triumph over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named -"
"Voldemort?" Dobby clapped his hands over his bat ears before he moaned.
"Ah, speak not the name, ma'am! Speak not the name!"
"Sorry, I know lots of people don't like it. My friend Ginny doesn't like the name either." Dobby leaned towards Jennifer, his eyes were wide as headlights.
"Dobby heard that Jennifer Coulson met the Dark Lord for a second time just weeks ago ... that Jennifer Coulson escaped yet again. " Jennifer nodded when Dobby said that and his eyes were suddenly shone with tears. "Ah, ma'am," Dobby dabbed his face with a corner of the grubby pillowcase that he was wearing. "Jennifer Coulson is valiant and bold! She has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Jennifer Coulson, to warn her, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later... Jennifer Coulson must not go back to Hogwarts." Silence came between them, Jennifer could hear a couple of people walk by her room, when the people went past her room that Jennifer stammered.
"W-what? But I want to go back and, as well as, have to go back - term starts on September first. I am still learning to do magic. I have friends there that I only get to see there." Dobby squeaked, Dobby was shaking his head so hard that his ears flapped.
"No, no, no, Jennifer Coulson must stay where she is safe. She is too great, too good, to lose. If Jennifer Coulson goes back to Hogwarts, she will be in mortal danger."
"Dobby, no matter where I will go, that I would be in mortal danger, if it is not because of who I am but what I do when not at Hogwarts. But why must I not return to Hogwarts? But I will still be going none the less." It seems that Dobby decided not to pay any heed to what she said first.
"There is a plot, Jennifer Coulson. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year," Dobby was suddenly trembling all over. "Dobby has known it for months, ma'am. Jennifer Coulson must not put herself in peril. She is too important, ma'am!"
"What terrible things? Who's plotting them?" Dobby made a funny choking noise when Jennifer asked that question before he started to hit the desk leg again. Jennifer grabbed his arm and pulled Dobby back away from the pole. "All right! You can't tell me. I understand. But why are you warning me?" A sudden, unpleasant thought struck Jennifer. "Hang on - this hasn't got anything to do with Vol- - sorry - with You-Know-Who, has it? You could just shake or nod." Jennifer added the last bit when Dobby's head tilted worryingly close to the desk leg again. Slowly, Dobby shook his head.
"No, not He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, ma'am." Dobby's eyes were wide like he was trying to give Jennifer a hint, Jennifer knows that she would figured that hint at some point but it wasn't at that point in timel
"He hasn't got a brother, has he?" Dobby shook his head. "Well then, I can't think who else would have a chance of making horrible things happen at Hogwarts other than his followers. But I am not sure of who his followers are. Dumbledore is there at Hogwarts - you know who Dumbledore is, don't you?" Dobby bowed his head.
"Albus Dumbledore is the greatest headmaster Hogwarts has ever had. Dobby knows it, ma'am. Dobby has heard Dumbledore's powers rival those of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at the height of his strength. But, ma'am" - Dobby's voice dropped to an urgent whisper - "there are powers Dumbledore doesn't ... powers no decent wizard. . ." Before Jennifer could stop him that he bounded off the bed and started beating himself up with the desk lamp on the nightstand with ear splitting yelps. Jennifer got to him and pulled the lamp from Dobby's hands, it was than that Jennifer notice that someone was just outside and a male's voice came through the door.
"Jennifer, don't tell me you are training in there again? Sure at the headquarters or the training room on he bus that is one thing but here, you know your father doesn't want to do that in that room. For the room is too small and it sounds like you are injuring yourself in them." Jennifer was at least glad it was Uncle Clint, Jennifer yelled bald.
"Sorry, Uncle Clint, I got a little wind up form the mission that is all."
"All right," Jennifer heard Uncle Clint walk off before Jennifer sighed in relief. Than she looked at Dobby. "Look, I am not sure why you are warning me about this but I can handle myself and I have friends back at Hogwarts."
"Friends who don't even write to Jennifer Coulson?" Jennifer lowered the lamp when Dobby said that, she knows that it would be difficult for her friends to send her letters but she has a feeling that Dobby had been doing something from how he was acting at the moment and she knew what it was. However due to distance, Emily was sure that the letters would be small of nay at all.
"Figures that a house eld has my letters, however it has only been a month since school started, and the Owls don't fly to planes all that often and they know I am on a plan. So why would you think that stopping my mail would stop me from going back to Hogwarts. I am almost going different places for a few days, a few weeks or even a few months around America at a time. So it letters would be far and few between." Dobby seem stunned when Jennifer said that. Jennifer also a gut feeling that he may try to perform magic to somehow keep her out of Hogwarts. "I am aware if the fact that underage witches and wizards have trackers placed up them till they turned seventeen but my father had the American ministry take that tracker off since he brought me to America. So I am registered with the Americans government because of my job and the American ministry because I am a witch. So if I am perform magic, of which I don't unless if I am doing homework at the present time, the British or the American ministry would think that an adult is performing that magic." Dobby was about ready to say something when his head jerked.
"I must go, master is calling." With a crack like a whip that Dobby vanished, Jennifer sighed before she left the room to tell her father of what just happened with Dobby. It didn't take her long since her father was in the pit with Melinda and they were sort of talking, sort of because her father was doing most of the talking as usual. When Jennifer entered that her father turned and saw it was Jennifer.
"I told you to go to bed." Melinda turned to look at Jennifer."
"Sorry, something unexpected happened." Jennifer told the only other seat in the pit before she told Melinda and her father of what just happened with Dobby. When Jennifer finished that no one spoke, after a couple of minutes that Jennifer spoke. "Dad, did the Selwyn have house elves."
"As a matter of fact, yes, but I am sure Dobby is not a Selwyn house elf. For if he was, eh would have answered your questions because of the bond."
"Bond?" Her father nodded.
"Your mother explained that all house elves need a bond to a family in order to live. They are bound to a certain family or a certain member of the family. I know at your mother had a personal house elf. I know that after I got married to her that I was suppose to have one or that is how the tradition is suppose to be for each of the head of the family, as well as the heir of the family, is required to have a personal house elf. There are elves that just general elves, that do the yard and such. However due to the prophecy and going into hide that I didn't get one though I am not sure if I want one. That was also the same reason of why you didn't get one either, after the attack, I never gave much thought about the house elves or even check on the Selwyn properties since hey belong to me now and would eventually become yours."
"So we might have some house elves than?" Her father shrugged.
"I know at one point the family did, however, I never entered any of the Selwyn properties. I never bothered to call any of the house elves so I have no idea if there is any house elves or not." Her father looked back at her. "But you still need to go to sleep." Jennifer merely nodded before she stood up and walked out to go to bed.
